Reviews by Rchap1:

Had this at a De Proef tasting at Bruisin' Ales in Asheville this evening...

A: Good cloudy golden color, letting plenty of light through it. Nice little bit of very pale tan head that stuck around for a bit and laced the glass nicely

S: Straight from the farm. A good amount of barnyard funk in there, but also getting some good cherry notes in it

T: Again, straight from the farm, or maybe my dirt basement. Very very musty, a lot of sour fruit flavors, almost too many to pick out individually. This thing has a whole lot going on in the taste department, and I think I'm probably a hair underqualified to try and pick them all out. Needless to day, there's a lot of depth here.

M: Nice and full, with a little bit of bitterness to finish it out. I feel like I'm picking up more on the De Proef bretts than I am the Allagash strain, and I think this is where I would've noticed it the most.

D: Down the hatch surprisingly quick. Maybe it's because I knew I still had some great beers left to try, but I think I could handle a bottle of this over a couple hours and be ready for another! (1,094 characters)

One of the best, if not the best, beer that I've had this year. Poured into a tulip glass, it was a butterscotch color with a fairly thick white head. Nicely carbonated, pretty to look at. Ample lacing. Outstanding aroma, with pear, bread, and yeasty funk all vying for attention. The taste definitely lived up to the aroma. Sour apple/pear up front, then a sweet bread taste (like a German stollen), and a tiny bit of hops bitterness at the end. Nicely balanced. Incredible beer. I bought this at Tully's for $19, and it was well worth every penny. (549 characters)

750ml bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with a huge rocky white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is sweet sugary melon and spicy peppery bretty yeast.

The flavor is the same - sweet sugary melon and musty yeast with a nice spicy brett finish that has some subtle hop bitterness for a dry finish. As it warms some tart sour notes come out as well. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation and is a bit watery.

Overall, this is brett done well. It's a nice balance of the sweet fruits and the spice and brett. (543 characters)

From tasting notes. 750 ml bottle poured into a tulip glass. A: Hazy copper gold with a very sudsy, persistent and lacy off-white foam collar. S: Perfumey, funky, over ripe fruit, light malts and a variety of pitted and tropical fruits. T: Starts rich and malty immediately followed by fruit from ripe to over ripe, passion fruit and a hint of guava. A dash of horehound in the middle and traces of some other spices. Slight lemony tartness. M: Has the creamy soft Brett texture with fine soft bubbles and medium body. O: A nice showcase for Brett flavors and textures. (573 characters)

Tastes very good - there's a lot going on. Sugar-coated light fruit flavors are joined by honey flavors almost immediately. Midway through the sip a bit of funk and tart fruit flavors shine through, leading to herbal hop flavor right before a slightly dry ending. As it warms the funk flavors dwindle a bit and the hop flavors increase.

Drinkability is great. I had no problem polishing off the bottle, mostly from trying to identify all of the flavors.

Overall I think the first Signature was slightly easier to drink, though this one was more complex. If I had to recommend one it would be this one, simply because there's so much going on. (982 characters)

(served in a chalice)the cork reads 24/04/12 it must be a best before date?A-This beer pours a hazy orange body with a spongy off-white head that sticks to the glass and is supported by a strong carbonation of tiny bubbles. The head creates register marks with each sip and last long after the glass is empty.

S- This beer has a smooth barnyard wet grain aroma with nice aged champagne vinegar note to it. Notes of raw damp wheat and earth come through followed by a stronger overripe pineapple hint that finishes the smell.

T- This beer has a blend of barnyard funk and green apples with a softer graham flavor and a bright lemon zest note. The finish is a bitter hop bite that has grapefruit notes and brie rind flavors. There is a bright citrus tartness that lingers after each sip but is soft.

M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with no real alcohol heat and no real astringency.

D- This beer has a full flavor and is well balanced between nice fruitiness and tart funk notes with hops growing as the beer warms. The funk and hops really do work well together in this beer and there are some malt hints offering support. (1,134 characters)

Bottle from Gordon's in Boston. Expensive but worthy, and it is an exception to the rule of smell and taste. Barnyard but very good. Now smell is in the rating, it is tolerable. Creamy and fairly full mouthfeel. lasting head. Yeasty and pineapple.Liked the brett.Had a year later, Jeremy bottle from Belgian, dark grapefruit colour with white lace. Good mouthfeel, a sipper. (375 characters)

T - again, strawberries, tobacco comes through much stronger in the taste. very interesting brett twang; not so much the typical "barnyard" taste, much more fruity. finishes pretty dry. there is a lot going on here - really complex and lots of different flavors I've not had in a beer before

M - carbonation seems a bit on the low side for a Belgian ale; maybe this is why it wasn't the prettiest when pouring out. Not very dry except on the finish; the wheat does it's job of fluffing up the body.

Really cool beer. Definitely pushes the limits and is a beer that I've never tasted anything similar to. Don't know how much it goes for (it was a gift), but I would recommend as a bottle to share among people who like brett/funky beers. (1,067 characters)

This Signature Ale release pours a bright copper color. A moderate amount of haze clouds the scene. It looks a little red when held to light. An impressive, off-white head tops it off. It's easily two and a half fingers in depth. Retention was very good, and a sticky, thick web of lace trailed down the glass.

The nose is extremely impressive. It's very fruity and a little sweet initially. Pineapple is the centerpiece. Apple, pear, and a little lemon round it out. Musk and funk are certainly noted. The presence of Brett can't be denied. While it's easily noted, it's not an overly strong funky scent. That's a positive. It blends in nicely. It smells a little spicy on the tail, but that aspect is subtle. Alcohol is masked extremely well. At the end of the day, it smells very deep and complex and...delicious.

The flavor is very impressive. It kicks with a strong fruit flavor. Pineapple is easily strongest, and resonates throughout. Apple, pear, and lemon all follow. It tastes a little sweet and sugary, but it's far from overbearing. Due to the Brett presence, it's musky and funky. Those flavors add a ton of depth and complement the other flavors extremely well. I'm pleased to report that the funky flavor is moderate, rather than overwhelming. In a word...delicious. Clove and pepper spices add more depth and flavor. There's even a lively Noble hop flavor that's a nice touch. And Let us not forget the very flavorful Belgian yeast. Alcohol is lost in the shuffle. It finishes a little tangy with a funky twist.

The body here is light, leaning medium. It's too thin. It somehow manages to be smooth, but it would benefit from more body. Carbonation is also a little too buzzy. Drinkability, on the other hand, is extremely high. This is damn tasty stuff that's difficult to sip. It's too tasty. A 750 you ask? It might not be enough.

This collaborative effort by De Proefbrouwerij and Jason Perkins of Allagash is fantastic. There's very little to criticize negatively. The flavor itself is very deep and satisfying. I guess the body feels a little too thin, but that hardly ruins it. All other cylinders are firing nicely. I don't know how many of these bottles are left out there, but do yourself a favor and find one. Honestly, I enjoyed this one every bit as much as the collaboration with Tomme Arthur. Find a bottle. (2,342 characters)

On-tap at the Farmhouse in Emmaus, PA. Appears a hazy gold with a thick white head and strong lacing.

This is an exceptional beer. Although the brett funk dominates, there's a wonderful undercurrent of light apple and pear fruit flavors and that's what makes this beer stand out from straight up sour pale ales. There's also a semi-balanced (if you can balance sour and bitter) herbal hops with cutting citrus rind bitterness. The sour character is big, but not overpowering, with musty barnyard and wet hay. (510 characters)

Taste is similar to the nose. Rich, sweet fruity and slightly caramel maltiness underscored by a funky sour brett presence which creates a nice depth of flavor. Clean, yet rich and fruity. Almost a restrained or subtle Flanders Red, especially if you get the yeast stirred up.

An exquisite beer of delicate construction. A musty orange color and an off white head of slight stature but a tenacious covering. Smell is musty with a deep fruitiness that has an apple and pear signature and Bret based barnyard funk. Taste has a sharpness like good cheddar that borders on lactic. Apples, pears and white raisins flow into a light tartness. Hops in the finish has a horse blanket carriage. Feel is creamy and lightly carbonated. Drinkability is starts out good and gets better as you go. (506 characters)

T: Front- over powered by the nose. Middle- was very musty. End- very pineapple and pear.

M: Front- smooth with no carbonation Middle- Huge overpowering musty taste that hits the sides of the tongue but quickly leaves and is replaced by fruity candy sugar. End- Pineapple and pear without a yeasty taste that honestly I was waiting for.

D: This is one beer that was fun to drink. I shared it with some friends and we all had a different experience with it! That to me is what it is all about. Drinking a brew and talking it over with some beer nerds. The fact that we all had different opinions about this one means that I want it again. So I recommend this to anyone that wants to experience something different. (819 characters)

A: The ale has a brownish-orange auburn color, darker and opaque, with only a faint wisp of white head. No lacing with this one.

S: The ale has a dense, smokey fruit aroma that justs time spent in a whisky barrel. A few candied fruits are lingering around but they struggle against the sickly fullness. I'm not taking this as a good sign. As my notes say, infected or bleh.

T: The rich flavors, almost smokey, continue into the body. The denseness takes a while to reveal the pineapple flavors. They're there, just not very impressive. Brettanomyces? Where? Nothing doing on that front. I'm gonna chalk it up to a bad bottle and leave it there.

Figured i'd pull out something i've been hanging onto for a little while now. This one has about six months on it, in hopes of developing the Brettanomyces.

Hazed orange, small cap of glistening white foam. The aroma is fantastic, all pineapple and spice from the yeast, with a little horsey element at first. Very fruity, which carries over to the taste. The pear, apple, & pineapple listed on the label all deliver, with an authentic funky farmhouse character. There is a light bitterness, restrained sweetness, and a very dry finish. The body has a fullness to it. The dry aftertaste has more lingering funk and fruitiness. Tasty, though I could see a whole 750 being overwhelming to someone new to wild ales. (734 characters)

Bottle: Poured a cloudy dirty yellow color ale with a huge foamy head with great retention and some great lacing. Aroma consists of dirty barnyard with a lightly tart aftertaste. Taste is mix between some funky barnyard taste with notes of oak and tartness. Body is full with great carbonation and no alcohol was discernable. Very well done overall with great presence of Brett notes; some additional dry hops would have improved this (already) great beer. (456 characters)

Received this in trade a long time ago from Stopbarking.. Barks is a truly great trader.... Thanks Daniel.. Our's was epic!!

lightly hazed orange brew.. good head and lacing....

nose shows a bunch of brett with fruity esters.... pretty dusty and a fair amount of apricot..

even after all this time.. it is quite a bit sweeter than expected. sweet red apple... and shades of deep funk.. certainly more Brett than sour.. but everything that I hope for is there..

I've been sitting on this for a long time.. and I hoped for more .. but the brett really only showed well on the palate with warmth.. I am pretty damn sure this is the 1st bottling... I need to pick up a couple at Brewforia while the getting is good. Huge thanks again Daniel... We should do it again some time.